A one-dimensional sectional aerosol model integrated with mesoscale meteorological data to study marine boundary layer aerosol dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Caffrey, Peter F ^a   Hoppel, William A ^b   Shi, Jainn J ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Computational Physics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TROPOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA SALT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPOSPHERE; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT MIXING; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; OAHU; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547861246     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007237     Document Type: Article

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